Not seen here of course is Jared Leto, who has been cast as The Joker. Suicide Squad is the upcoming third film in the still-developing DC Cinematic Universe. Based on various versions from DC Comics, it concerns an elite squad of black ops agents working for the US Government, recruited exclusively from the ranks of the comics universe’s roster of supervillains. (They’re generally either blackmailed, or offered reduced sentences in exchange for signing up.) The film is scheduled for release August 5, 2016. Filming is set to begin later this month.